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  • Mass school closures OK'd in Kansas City

    HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo.

    Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools. Administrators say the closures are necessary to keep the district from plowing through what little is left of the $2 billion it received as part of a groundbreaking de s egregat i on cas e. The Kansas City school board narrowly approved the plan to close 29 out of 61 schools Wednesday night at a meeting packed with angry parents. The... Full story